 Effects of pollution abatement activities on environmental efficiency and productivity: Empirical evidence from the Chinese industrial sectorMasayuki Shimizu Review of Development Economics, 2022, vol. 26, issue 1, 484-509 Abstract: Since the 2000s, China has been aggressively involved in controlling industrial pollution, and end‐of‐pipe approaches have certainly reduced pollution emissions. This study aims to measure environmental efficiency and productivity in the Chinese industrial sector and investigate whether pollution abatement activities have a negative impact on environmental efficiency and productivity. Using regional data from 29 provinces from 1997 to 2010, the results show that significant improvements were made in environmental efficiency and productivity in the Eastern region, but not in the Western region. The estimation results after conducting a panel data analysis, however, show that increased pollution abatement activities are associated with a decline in environmental efficiency and productivity. The findings suggest that if China can promote the diffusion of cleaner production technology with the expansion of abatement activities, there is potential for increasing the levels of environmental efficiency and productivity. Date: 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:rdevec:v:26:y:2022:i:1:p:484-509 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Review of Development Economics is currently edited by E. Kwan Choi More articles in Review of Development Economics from Wiley Blackwell |
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